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Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Closed Variation
Overview
Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Closed Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C42.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 10 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Nf6 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C42
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
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